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Ghosh S, Kant R, Pradhan A, Jha G. RS_CRZ1, a C2H2-Type Transcription Factor Is Required for Pathogenesis of Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA in Tomato. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2021; 34:26-38. [PMID: 33030394 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-05-20-0121-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Rhizoctonia solani is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes disease in diverse plant species. In recent years, the genomic and transcriptomic studies have identified several candidate pathogenicity determinants of R. solani; however, most of them remain to be validated. In this study, we report a viral vector-based host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) as well as a dsRNA (double-stranded RNA)-based approach to effectively downregulate genes of R. solani AG1-IA (BRS1 strain) during pathogenesis in tomato. We tested a few of the in-planta upregulated R. solani genes and observed that silencing of one of them, i.e., RS_CRZ1 (a C2H2 type zinc finger transcription factor) significantly compromises the pathogenesis of R. solani in tomato. The RS_CRZ1-silenced plants not only exhibited significant reduction in disease symptoms, but the depth of pathogen colonization was also compromised. Furthermore, we identified the R. solani genes that were coregulated with RS_CRZ1 during the pathogenicity process. The HIGS-mediated silencing of a few of them [CL1756Contig1; subtilisin-like protease and CL1817Contig2; 2OG-Fe(II) oxygenase] compromised the pathogenesis of R. solani in tomato. The ectopic expression of RS_CRZ1 complemented the crz1 mutant of yeast and restored tolerance against various metal ion stress. Overall, our study reveals the importance of RS_CRZ1 in managing the hostile environment encountered during host colonization. Also, it emphasizes the relevance of the HIGS and dsRNA-based gene silencing approach toward functional characterization of pathogenicity determinants of R. solani.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license.
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- Srayan Ghosh
- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, India
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Zhang M, Cheng ST, Wang HY, Wu JH, Luo YM, Wang Q, Wang FX, Xia GX. iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of defence responses triggered by the necrotrophic pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in cotton. J Proteomics 2016; 152:226-235. [PMID: 27871873 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Revised: 11/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The soil-borne necrotrophic pathogen fungus Rhizoctonia solani is destructive, causing disease in various important crops. To date, little is known about the host defence mechanism in response to invasion of R. solani. Here, an iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis was employed to investigate pathogen-responsive proteins in the disease tolerant/resistant cotton cultivar CRI35. A total of 174 differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) were identified after inoculation of cotton plants with R. solani. Functional categorization analysis indicated that these DAPs can be divided into 12 subclasses. Notably, a large portion of DAPs are known to function in reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism and the expression of several histone-modifying and DNA methylating proteins were significantly induced upon challenge with the fungus, indicating that the redox homeostasis and epigenetic regulation are important for cotton defence against the pathogen. Additionally, the expression of proteins involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis was markedly changed in response to pathogen invasion, which may reflect a particular contribution of secondary metabolism in protection against the fungal attack in cotton. Together, our results indicate that the defence response of cotton plants to R. solani infection is active and multifaceted and involves the induction of proteins from various innate immunity-related pathways. SIGNIFICANCE Cotton damping-off is a destructive disease caused by the necrotrophic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. To date, the host defence mechanism involved in the disease protection remains largely unknown. Here, we reported the first proteomic analysis on cotton immune responses against R. solani infection. Employing iTRAQ technique, we obtained a total of 174 differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) that can be classified into 12 functional groups. Further analysis indicated that ROS homeostasis, epigenetic regulation and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis were tightly associated with the innate immune responses against R. solani infection in cotton. The obtained data provide not only important information for understanding the molecular mechanism involved in plant-R. solani interaction but also application clues for genetic breeding of crops with improved R. solani resistance.
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- Min Zhang
- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Beijing 100101, China.
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Beijing 100101, China.
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